#summary "haggisbot" IRC bot
#labels Featured,Project-haggisbot

*If you have any questions or comments, please send an email to [mailto:%68%61%67%67%69%73%62%6F%74%40%74%68%65%2D%62%6F%73%74%6F%6E%2D%67%6C%6F%62%2E%63%6F%2E%63%63 haggisbot AT the HYPHEN boston HYPHEN glob DOT co DOT cc]*


The idea of having haggisbot as a moderator for [http://www.the-boston-glob.co.cc/chat/ the Boston Glob chat] was first thought up in May, 2008.  Until June 11^th^, however, haggisbot was running on software called [http://ambience.digitalshell.net/~llamatron/llamabot.htm llamabot].

The new version of haggisbot, (0.1 at the time), was programmed starting with [http://www.combined-minds.net/tutorials/13/Creating_an_IRC_bot_in_PHP a simple PHP IRC bot tutorial] and grew into what it is today.

Over time, haggisbot's commands became more for fun than for any real use, for example, the !rainbow command and haggisbot's ability to sense if someone is [http://forums.rsbandb.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=30522 Dan].

Now, in mid-July, 2008, haggisbot is becomming open-source.  The core is being completely redone.  If you would like to have a development copy of haggisbot, you can use your favorite SVN client to `svn co http://llamaslayers.googlecode.com/svn/haggisbot/trunk haggisbot-trunk`

People who wish to develop haggisbot can sign up for the [http://groups.google.com/group/haggisbot haggisbot Google Group].  If someone contributes to the project with patches and suggestions enough, they'll be on the credits when the final version is rolled out.

http://llamaslayers.googlecode.com/svn/wiki/haggisbot.png